Press Releases

The competition for the multi-million euro federal and state funding programme is entering its final phase. JMU has submitted two proposals and the results of the evaluation will be available in May 2025.

The new Shanghai Ranking has been published: It ranks Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg among the three best universities in Bavaria, the twelve best in Germany, and among the 300 best worldwide.

A new highly effective thrombosis inhibitor is in sight: Würzburg scientists present promising inhibitor EMA601 for efficient prevention and treatment of arterial thrombosis and inflammatory reactions without increased bleeding risk.

An international research team has sequenced the largest genomes of all animals – those of lungfish. The data will help to find out how the ancestors of land vertebrates managed to conquer the mainland.

Producing fertilisers and other nitrogen compounds more sustainably: Würzburg chemistry professor Holger Braunschweig has laid the foundations for this goal. He has now been awarded the prestigious Eni Prize for his achievements.

Dr. Karl Petri is establishing a research group at the University Hospital Würzburg to develop and enhance novel CRISPR 2.0 tools for generating and improving cancer-targeted CAR-T cell products.

Neural networks are easily disrupted by adversarial attacks. Scientists at the University of Würzburg and the Technical University of Munich are now developing new methods to make these systems more robust.

As Managing Director of the Research and Application Centre for Digital Future Technologies in Lichtenfels, JMU alumnus Johannes Zeck has to deal with very different organisations and people.

The student women's football team from Würzburg won the championship title at the European University Games, while the men finished runners-up. The University Board congratulated the teams.

People trust medical advice less if they suspect that an artificial intelligence is involved in its creation. This is the key finding of a study by psychologists from the University of Würzburg.

A team at the Helmholtz Institute for Infection Research in Würzburg, Germany, led by RNA expert Chase Beisel, has developed a new technology for the precise detection of RNA using DNA-cutting Cas12 nucleases.

Artificial intelligence can detect lies much better than humans. This also has an impact on social interaction, as a recently published study shows.

On 3 July 2024, a group of "Students for Palestine" set up a camp on the university campus. The university management takes a stand.

Parents and upbringing play a major role in determining how often children lie. This behavior can be positively influenced with simple measures. This is shown by a new study by economists from Würzburg, Bonn and Oxford.

In an emergency, ants bite off injured limbs of fellow ants to ensure their survival. Whether they take this radical step depends on the location of the wound.